Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Buckhorn Lake
41.6% full
Capacity
59.22 hm³
Volume stored
25 hm³
Vs month average
101% of normal
Coordinates
37.340°N, 83.469°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
41.6%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
41.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 41.2% for October across 2 years of readings (+0.4 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Buckhorn Lake's coordinates fall outside every category on the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Kentucky drought figures →
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.340°N, 83.469°W · Open in Google Maps
About Buckhorn Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Buckhorn Lake is filled to 41.6% of its total capacity, holding 24.61 hm³ of water out of a maximum 59.22 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Buckhorn Lake — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.6% (January 30, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (February 26, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.340°N, 83.469°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 41.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 24.61 hm³
- Total capacity
- 59.22 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.340°N, 83.469°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 24.61 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 24.61 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 24.62 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 24.64 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 24.64 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 24.64 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 24.64 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 24.65 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 41.7% | 24.67 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 41.8% | 24.75 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 42.0% | 24.9 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 42.4% | 25.08 |